Escape Room Katwijk - "Here I Am"

Updated: Oct 21

LOCATION:  Katwijk aan Zee, Netherlands

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📝 ETR DECODER

🔑 GAME: Here I Am
📅 DATE PLAYED: May 19, 2023
🎬 GENRE: Jail Break
🧠 DIFFICULTY (Based on 4 ppl): 6/10
👥 TOTAL # OF PLAYERS: 2-5 ppl (Ages 18+)
🕒 LENGTH OF TIME: 70 Mins (2 ppl + 10 mins.)
💰 PRICE: €149.95/ 2 ppl
☎️ BOOKING TYPE: Private
🔓 ESCAPED/ COMPLETED?: Yes (42:23)

📖 THE STORY

Welcome to Cruz la Muerte. This is your new home, a maximum-security prison. You and your cell mates have only one thing on your minds, to escape this hell hole. Can you deceive the guards and make it out before being caught?

🎯 HIT THE BULLSEYE

We were welcomed into the premises by the owners and took a moment to relax in their comfortable waiting area. In addition to the usual tables, chairs, and lockers, you can expect to find beverages and flyers advertising many of the other top games in the Netherlands. It is great to see how all these companies support one another.
The experience begins in the reception area, the guard meets you and instructs you on how to enter the prison. This is one of the few games of such a theme where you don’t begin the game already locked up. The ‘checking-in’ part was well done and an immersive beginning.
The layout, design, and construction of the prison was extremely well done and obviously carefully planned. We don’t want to provide spoilers, but suffice to say you’ll explore some pretty cool themed rooms that you don’t normally see in such games of this genre.
In addition to the aesthetics of the game, which are top draw, thought was also applied to the other senses too, in particular the smells. A small detail, but one that again promotes a deeper sense of immersion.
The puzzles all made thematic sense to the story arch and the setting. We had fun completing them and that they often required full teamwork.

🧩 MISSED THE MARK

It’s hard to really pinpoint anything which we feel the designers missed. They have been very efficient with the space and careful to ensure the puzzles are suitable to players of all levels of experience.

🏹 TAKE A SHOT?

This is both a welcoming game for newer teams as well as an immersive experience for those teams who are well versed with escape rooms. Personally, this is my favorite prison escape room to date.

ℹ️ ADDITIONAL INFO

Parking: Free Parking is onsite
There is a large waiting area with seating, beverages for sale, and a bathroom.
This game can be played in English & Dutch

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Disclosure: We thank Escape Room Katwijk for comping our tickets for this game. Although discounted admission was generously provided, it does not impact our opinion of the review whatsoever.